China's economy grew 6.6 percent year-on-year last year, down from 6.8 percent in 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
Births on the Chinese mainland declined by 2 million last year, the second consecutive year of decline since a universal second-child policy was adopted, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed to have produced the world's first gene edited human babies, deliberately evaded supervision by forging fake documents to attract subjects to volunteer for his illegal and controversial experiments, according to preliminary investigation results published on Monday.
Cui Xiaohong used to be an engineer working for a lighting company in Foshan, Guangdong province. But in 2006, when she turned 33, she decided to swap her gray uniform for a more colorful world, and two years later founded the cosmetics brand Marie Dalgar.
Growing consumption demands in lower-tier cities mean great potential for the development of Chinese brands, according to industry insiders.
The world's largest annual human migration - the Spring Festival travel rush - kicked off on Monday, with nearly 3 billion trips expected to be made in the 40 days from Jan 21 to March 1.
China rebuked on Monday CNN's latest report on the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as being based on inaccuracies, and it asked Western media to honor their reputation and stop citing false sources in their reports.
Zhao Xuehui wanted her son's girlfriend, who is going to spend the upcoming Spring Festival with Zhao's family for the first time, to know that she takes her seriously.
China's latest space biology experiment, in which a cotton seedling sprouted on the moon's far side aboard the lunar lander Chang'e 4, is a "significant leap" in life-support technologies for future human space habitation, said a senior US scientist.
Two years ago, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the United Nations office in Geneva in which he called for joint efforts to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
China's earlier and quicker issuance of 2019 new local government bonds is expected to play a major role in narrowing infrastructure funding gaps and bolstering economic growth.
The Tibet Mountaineering Team has been upgraded to the national level China Mountaineering Team (Tibet) and will perform large-scale cleanup activities this year. It marks the first time remains of mountaineering victims above 8,000 meters will be recovered on Qomolangma.
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